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SOX17 drives resilience of the arterial endothelium under shear stress

This study identifies SOX17 as a critical shear-stress-induced regulator of arterial endothelial barrier integrity and resilience, demonstrating that its deficiency impairs junctional stability and promotes vascular injury through the downregulation of the downstream effector SEMA3G.

Jurjan Aman, Beau Neep, Laura de Heus, Lion Raaz, Xiaoqing Sun, Xiaoke Pan, Femke van Leeuwen, Robert Szulcek, Chris Dic (…)2026-09-15
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LINC03040 Expression Is Associated with Histological Fibrosis Severity in Human NAFLD: A Analysis of Public Liver Transcriptomes

This study demonstrates that the expression of the transcript LINC03040 is reproducibly associated with increasing histological fibrosis severity in human NAFLD, supporting its potential as a stage-associated marker while highlighting the need for further validation to establish its cellular origin, causal function, and clinical utility.

Zia Zulistya Anugrah2026-09-15
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Comparative study of the development of temporal discrimination in children with and without visual impairment: a pre-registered study

This pre-registered study demonstrates that while congenitally blind children exhibit a developmental lag in temporal discrimination compared to sighted peers, this deficit resolves by adulthood, supporting the inter-sensory calibration hypothesis and highlighting the need for tailored educational interventions.

Quentin Hallez, Fuat Balcı, Anna Rita Galiano2026-09-14
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Eigeneyes: A statistical model of whole-eye geometry and its applications

This paper introduces Eigeneyes, a statistical shape model based on principal component analysis that accurately reconstructs the complete 3D geometry of the human eye from OCT scans with fewer parameters and lower error than existing methods, while enabling the generation of realistic synthetic eyes conditioned on age and axial length.

Estela Vadillo, Álvaro de la Peña, Javier Rodríguez-Sánchez, Alberto de Castro, Susana Marcos, Eduardo Martínez-Enríquez2026-09-14